Our Mission
This network is a community of researchers working to understand the complexities of fashion consumption and to advance a healthier, more sustainable world for everyone who buys, wears, and reuses clothing.
Much of the existing research and action on sustainable fashion comes from the industry: optimization of complex supply chains, innovation in material design and production processes to reduce environmental impacts of fashion, improving the working conditions of people who make our clothes. However, research on fashion consumption has been fragmented and received much less attention — our network exists to bring that fragmented work together and give it a unified direction.
We unite researchers seeking to understand consumption patterns across the world, and how these patterns contribute to — or detract from — a good life with clothes. By bringing researchers together around this shared mission, we leverage our collective understanding to shape future directions in fashion consumption research.
To learn more about our research, please check out our framework here.
Our Themes
Sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, sustainable fashion consumption practices, including second-hand shopping, swaps, renting clothing.
Trends of minimalism, downsizing and de-cluttering, mindful curation and slow fashion.
Collaborative consumption and sharing economy.
Contributions from consumers to circular fashion.
Education for sustainable fashion consumption, including style education, mending and repair skills, post-purchase garment care, etc.
Fashion consumption practices in various geographical contexts.
Gender dimension in fashion consumption.
Policies and industry efforts required to achieve more sustainable fashion consumption (not only awareness raising but also changes in material arrangements, infrastructure, fiscal and other measures to create opportunities for consumers to shop more sustainably), etc
Member Research Topics
The Sustainable Fashion Consumption Network promotes our members working across the following areas of sustainable fashion consumption research:
Member Research Regions
The Sustainable Fashion Consumption Network members work across the following regions:
Latin America/Caribbean ⧁